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Love between Enemies: Western Prisoners of War and German Women in World War II
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Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival
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Lower-Middle-Class Nation: The White-Collar Worker in British Popular Culture
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Lucan’s Imperial World: The Bellum Civile in its Contemporary Contexts
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Ludwig Alsdorf and Indian Studies
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MAASIR-I-ALAMGIRI ; A History of the Emperor Auranzib- Alamgir (reign 1658-1707 AD) of Saqi Mustad Khan
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Magistracy and the Historiography of the Roman Republic: Politics in Prose
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Mahal: Power and Pageantry in the Mughal Harem
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MAHARAJA MAN SINGH AND NATH SAGES: Correspondence
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Mahatma Gandhi and His Assassin
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MAHROKS
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Majority Rule or Minority Will: Adherence to Precedent On the U. S. Supreme Court
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